United States Air ForceThor Delta E1Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INTELSAT II F-2
Launched
January 11, 1967
Image: NASA
Summary
INTELSAT II F-2 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta E1 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 11, 1967. It was United States Air Force's 373rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 649th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Thor Delta E1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO). INTELSAT II F-2, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 304 × 36,826 km orbit inclined 26.2°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta E1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Milestone
- 4th Thor Delta E1 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 373rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 649th orbital launch attempt1st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT II F-2 · NORAD 2639 · 1967-001 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 2-F2
- Object ID
- 1967-001A
- Epoch
- 1967-01-11 05:38:29 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.204805 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.73232
- Inclination
- 26.192°
- Ascending node
- 93.7539°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.562°
- Mean anomaly
- 190.7262°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 1 payload, 3 rocket stages, 17 debris, 2 components; 3 still in orbit
- INTELSAT II F-2 · NORAD 2639
Delta 44 · re-entered April 13, 1967
Delta 44 Stage 3 · in orbit
Unk US GTO object? · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Intelsat II series of satellites, first launched in 1966, marked the third generation of communications satellites developed by Hughes.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
27th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 193rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INTELSAT II F-2 launch?
INTELSAT II F-2 launched on January 11, 1967. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT II F-2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT II F-2?
Thor Delta E1, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta E1 spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT II F-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did INTELSAT II F-2 reach?
INTELSAT II F-2, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 304 × 36,826 km orbit inclined 26.2°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT II F-2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).